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New tech rules OK
Page 7 from 4th January 1990• Government plans to use new technology to enforce road traffic law have been largely welcomed by the Freight Transport Association. "The......

Enforcement, not Law
Page 3 from 5th July 1963DI LACK smoke, overloading, speed. All right, let it be admitted that some commercial vehicles offend legal and social limits in these respects.......

Time for the hit squad
Page 6 from 8th February 1990RAFFIC AREA enforcement teams are no longer doing the job that they were created to do. This has become increasingly obvious. There is now a dire......

At last—EU moves to harmonise on hours
Page 8 from 24th February 2000• by Karen Miles Years of contusion about European Union rules on drivers' hours could end following a European Commission decision to unify their......

What the new agency will do
Page 7 from 1st August 2002• Process and decide applications for 0-licences to operate trucks and buses, . Provide information to Xs to help them make informed decisions on......

could sell to the lorry men
Page 36 from 1st November 1968THE Minister of Transport could stand a better chance of getting tachographs accepted if his Transport Bill expressed more confidence in these......

Regs sans frontieres
Page 9 from 24th February 2000Good news on two fronts this week for all international operators who like to stay the right side of the drivers' hours regs. First is the EC......

Enforce limits on A-roads
Page 28 from 2nd February 2006IN RESPONSE to the letters regarding overtaking bans and 40inpli limits (CM 22 December 2005), the speed limit for HG Vs on the Al4 is 50mph. So if......

Stiffer hours rules
Page 21 from 9th June 1978TRANSPORT operators in Aberdeen were warned last week that the EEC drivers hours "honeymoon" period during which regulations had not been rigidly......

Research reveals that the number of European HGVs on UK
Page 20 from 4th September 2008roads has risen by a third since 2001. Insurer Liverpool Victoria says it expects this to grow by 18% by 2013. The Department for Transport has......